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Gerrard rules out switch to Real
Mac 10 †:
Gerrard rules out switch to Real
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has rejected speculation linking him with a summer move to Real Madrid and insists he is staying at Anfield.
Madrid's football director Benito Floro claimed he has put Gerrard on a priority list of transfer targets.
But Gerrard, who has twice almost joined Chelsea, is not interested.
Gerrard said: "I am settled and happy at Liverpool. I will be staying here until the day someone tells me they don't want me."
He added: "I am not going to get involved in all that kind of speculation again. I am not going to go through another summer like the last two."
Gerrard, 25, signed a new four-year contract at Anfield during the summer after strong interest from Chelsea.
And manager Rafael Benitez is also adamant his skipper will stay at the club and said: "The situation is very clear. Steven Gerrard is not for sale."
Meanwhile, chief executive Rick Parry has praised Benitez for qualifying for next season's Champions League, with three games to spare of the current campaign.
Sunday's 1-0 win at Blackburn assured the Reds of at least third place in the Premiership and a spot in Europe's elite tournament.
The club finished fifth last term and only qualified for this season's Champions League after winning the competition in dramatic style.
And Parry told the club website: "Clearly there has been a huge improvement on last year in achieving qualification so early but also, more importantly, by narrowing the gap on Chelsea.
"We have been 30 points adrift for the last two seasons and, although there are still three games to play, it's clear for everyone we are a lot closer now.
"Our league performance has been a mark of real progress. We will only be happy when we start winning league titles - and there is still some way to go. But when we appointed Rafa we knew it would take time."
Liverpool face Chelsea in an FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
Intriago33:
Liverpool are certainly a side going forward, and not sideways.
Apparently they want to sign Daniele Bonera from us in the summer, and we could be likely to sell considering his contract expires the following summer.
Mac 10 †:
--- Quote from: Intriago33 on April 21, 2006, 08:46:25 AM ---Liverpool are certainly a side going forward, and not sideways.
Apparently they want to sign Daniele Bonera from us in the summer, and we could be likely to sell considering his contract expires the following summer.
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You don't wanna let him walk for nothing.
Intriago33:
--- Quote from: Mac 10 on April 21, 2006, 08:52:08 AM ---
--- Quote from: Intriago33 on April 21, 2006, 08:46:25 AM ---Liverpool are certainly a side going forward, and not sideways.
Apparently they want to sign Daniele Bonera from us in the summer, and we could be likely to sell considering his contract expires the following summer.
--- End quote ---
You don't wanna let him walk for nothing.
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We turned down £5m last summer, but I'm sure we couldnt refuse that, this summer.
this season we are already losing our best player- Marco Marchionni - to juventus for zip, I don't wanna lose him too for nought.
Liverpool need to sign a striker, I wouldnt be suprised if they went in for David Villa of Valencia.
Mac 10 †:
Didn't he just sign for them?
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